Former Chairman of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Ghulam Mostafa has called for repealing the Dhaka WASA Act-1996 and bringing all the WASAs of the country under the LRGD ministry's direct control.
He made the call in a statement on Friday. He stated that if all WASAs are brought under the ministry’s direct control, it will be possible to rid the organisation of ‘mafia people’ like Taqsem A Khan, former managing director of Dhaka WASA.
He also said, ‘Local Government Division made the right decision by removing AKM Shahiduddin, who illegally held the position of MD.”
Ghulam Mostafa in the statement further said Shahiduddin was an accomplice of Taqsem.
Taqsem resigned from his post on August 14, nine days after the fall of the Awami League government in the face of a mass uprising. Shahiduddin was appointed in his place on August 15, and was removed recently.
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is a service oriented autonomous commercial organization in the Public sector, entrusted with the responsibility of providing water supply, sewerage disposal (wastewater), and storm water drainage services to the urban dwellers of the fast-growing metropolitan Dhaka.
It covers more than 360 sq. km service area with 12.5 million people with a production of almost 2110 million liters per day (MLD).
